ESPLAT 2025 conference: Scientific thinking in challenging times

Introduction

Feedback is one of the greatest influencing factors of good teaching (d=0.73, Hattie, 2009, 2012) and can be summarized in four aspects: Teachers give students learning/performance feedback (1), students learn to obtain feedback, interpret it depending on the context and implement it in a meaningful way (2), learners give teachers feedback on work processes, tasks,...

In my courses Statistics 1 and 2 students are provided with ~30 exams of previous semesters which can be used in an electronic system to train for the final exam, getting feedback and explanations. Logfile analysis showed that students use this system relatively late in the semester and underutilize older exams. Also, some specific tasks requested by students could not easily be performed in...

Ambiguous language (i.e. words or phrases with multiple meanings) can sometimes be difficult to interpret. This is especially true in time-pressured, high-stakes situations like academic assessment. This study investigated the role of ambiguous language on performance in an exam-style multiple choice assessment.
Psychology students were tested on their knowledge of text extracts via...

Conspiracy theories and social media are part of our daily lives, and therefore it is important to be able to identify correct and appropriate information. Various studies have looked at different aspects related to critical thinking and people’s misconceptions about critical thinking. For example, studies have investigated if people can distinguish between good and bad explanations by...

This study explores the impact of an embodied learning strategy, Acting Experiencing (AE), on university students' ability to memorize and understand course content. While research in cognitive psychology has identified optimal learning strategies, particularly embodied strategies, they are rarely taught in universities. Embodied and situated learning is a characteristic of learning a text...

A consistent study routine is crucial for academic success. However, students postpone learning until shortly before the exam, especially for courses they are less interested in. The present study examines whether the opportunity to submit a weekly "cheat sheet" for use in the final exam promotes a more regular and continuous learning behavior, increases overall time spent studying, and...

Introduction: Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) are interrelated notions, which aim to work together to create environments and practices that ensure the fair treatment of all. It is essential that we investigate EDI within psychological teaching to improve the learning experiences for individuals within both vulnerable groups such as those with disabilities and underrepresented groups...

Interdisciplinary texts connect Psychology and English by presenting psychological concepts in a foreign language. They introduce students to psychological ideas while simultaneously supporting vocabulary acquisition in English through meaningful contexts. This is particularly important as vocabulary acquisition is fundamental to foreign language learning (cf. Zarei & Mahmoodzadeh, 2014)....

With implications for the design of adaptive learning tools, this study investigates whether confusion enhances learning performance and self-regulation in help-seeking interactions with ChatGPT. Two forms of help-seeking have been identified: instrumental help-seeking (e.g., asking for a clue), which is considered a self-regulated strategy, and executive help-seeking (e.g., asking for the...